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7/13/2010 12:55PM

Opinion Journal: The Democratic Agenda

Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma talks about what to expect from Congress between now and November. Also, OpinionJournal.com Columnist James Taranto discusses the polling on whether the president is a socialist.

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Sir Tom Coburn of Oklahoma on what to expect from Congress between now ... and November ... and Obama to arrangements enduro sweeping America ... welcome to Opinion Journal Live on Jason Riley ... first up Senator Kohlberg Republican from Oklahoma is going to join us on the telephone welcome Center ... she ... so the latest news is that a couple Republicans ... have decided to go with the Democrats reports say on the financial regulation bill which Oval core has been a high priority ... of the Obama administration about what you make of this about it ... well I take you where ... all this ... address issues ... one ... we're not ... too big to fail ... we're going to a critic costlier for smaller banks and regional smaller regional banks and community banks ... of the available ... that will not be as good we will not fix the problem with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which actually started ... the whole financial problems ... so ... that you know it's got up ... so it's going to be another inched forward to symptoms of disease the top of the Legion so ... saying that ... the Democrats have decided to push through ... with this bill despite ... the recent developments in the business community being much more outspoken ... about their views of how this administration views the private sector we had the head ... of some very large companies and big employers in the U S the Business Roundtable at ... the moment some pretty strong comments about ... aquatic centre saying ... it was interesting that this does not seem to have affected ... the Obama administration's agenda for the Democrat ... agenda ... with respect to the financial regulation ... what we ... don't take your geologically tale ... of the tenders would be ... well intentioned practicality and what they're doing ... and basically for the very large banks ... they like what had ... been fitted with a two cent over the smaller banks ... OK ... so that's how some of the other items on the Democratic agenda for sports and have to do with getting me ... the state's use of the Medicare ... and and and ... for small businesses and for education and so forth ... are the things that you expect the Democrats be pushing that we now in the midterm elections ... but first a bit of ... approaches ... to restore the deployment of special code that was the ... end of the Antarctic every Republican is for that provided we eliminate wasteful spending somewhere else rather than charge that cost to our children and Rachel ... so the debate about whether or not will ... the Congress will make our choices of eliminating things are inefficient don't work ... to pay for something that does bother with unemployment accomplish ... I also want to get your thoughts on the confirmation or the appointment action said ... of Dr Pearle went to head ... the Center for ... Medicare and Medicaid ... studies ... on normally this person goes to Senate confirmation hearing ... on the administration decided to make a recess appointment ... of Dr Burwick instead I know Obamacare and health care generally is something ... you follow closely at the position yourself ... what your thoughts on the administration's decision to take this route with respect to Dr Berler to what they want is a it may not have been illegal but it certainly is an abuse of executive privilege ... it's outrageous ... of the fact that he's going to bypass ... the content ... of the device to send her that called for the constitution ... that would avoid giving the Energy Committee hearing ... and I think that considerations they're all political ... than they did not want to get the debate about the ... tremendously outrageous statements of Dr Burwick is not a ... and the fact that to ... come with him comes ... up ... I can't say the more plainly right chain of health care to seniors on Medicare ... I ... will thank you very much for joining us ... over ... the weekend ... thank you ... the bot nets were going to be joined by Opinion Journal columnist James Toronto ... to discuss some very interesting Bulls youth and falling ... on Americans' views of our president ... on ... does ... Obama opt arrangement syndrome sweeping American Chamber for the full well this is a question asked ironically because there's a bullet came out to resign last month focused new attention recently by James Carville and Stan Greenberg got to Democrats ... I may ask people do you think the following words express it describe Obama well are very well ... to liberal fifty seven percent said yes OK no big deal ... socialist fifty five percent stake gets ... acts Obama is a socialist is an idea that in the past has been characterized as a symptom of Obama to rate has been around ... for a couple Paulson asked people all kinds of crazy questions ... is Obama a socialist was Obama not warn America's Obama perhaps the Antichrist ... an affirmative answers to these questions ... you know Republicans were likely answer yes and that that was presented as evidence that Republicans were insane were suffering from the same ground ... but it looks like the idea that Obama so a socialist has actually gone mainstream this fifty five percent of all voters not just Republicans well during the Bush years we have the Bush with Hitler signs from the lapping of the Bush's actions ... view from up from the heart block ... now we have ... you know the out we had the other than the nine eleven truth there's ... during ... the Bush years ... so now we have ... with the burgers ... with respect to Obama ... and and we have with the Obama a socialist ... crowd with respect to our current price ... this is is is this just the pendulum the political pendulum swinging ... getaway going into administration what started it is this seems to be this kind of deranged paranoia ... seems to be a permanent feature of American politics ... because the unit because of like minded crazy people can find ... others who agree with them ... I think you knew we can take it back at least a climate where there are serious about how to use of murder and so forth ironically The had its problems but tired ... there were dorsal Crazy a decline from ... Hyde are serious ... I ate we headed with Bush we have with Obama what's interesting though about this ... whole with respect to Obama ... is the idea that Obama is a socialist ... AXA seems to be catching on among the mainstream are likely to ask people you think George W Bush is a fascist ... I'd ... get out he would've gotten twenty percent yes all crazy left-wing iPads and really there was no basis on which say Bush was a fascist right ... he did not suppress dissent ... he did not do any of the things that occur agrees to match it ... but Obama you can make the case that he's moving the country in a socialist direction ... I did you know when or whether ... the word socialist describes him were not is I think one that people can be made but ... people seem to be actually debating this ... well thank you for joining us I think this is a volatile one EST into banks okay I'd like to think James and our other guest Senator Coburn of Oklahoma ... please join us tomorrow and every game noon for Opinion Journal Live on Jason Riley ...